^24 (A)For there shall be no more any ^(B)false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

Idolatry Cut Off

² “And ^(A)on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, ^(B)I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that ^(C)they shall be remembered no more. And also ^(D)I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness. ³ And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ^(E)‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

⁴ “On that day ^(F)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,

^23 (A)therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”

Lying Prophets

¹³ Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets ^(A)say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” ¹⁴ And the Lord said to me: “The ^(B)prophets are prophesying lies in my name. ^(C)I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, ^(D)worthless divination, and ^(E)the deceit of their own minds. ¹⁵ Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although ^(F)I did not send them, and who say, ^(G)‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: ^(H)By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. ¹⁶ And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, ^(I)with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.

² And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth ^(A)will be blasphemed. ³ And ^(B)in their greed they will exploit you ^(C)with false words. ^(D)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

^5 (A)For we never came with words of flattery,^[a] as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—^(B)God is witness.

¹⁸ For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but ^(A)their own appetites,^[a] and ^(B)by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

^6 (A)They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘Declares the Lord,’ ^(B)when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfill their word.